May
05
The blogosphere has long lamented the lack of background notifications on Apple’s iPhone, but will Apple’s iPhone 3.0 software really be a panacea its been cracked up to be? Sadly current reports suggest the next release will do nothing to fix an inherent limitation that many of us suffer: on the iPhone only one thing …
Apr
15
I use Adobe Lightroom as my primary image management software on both the PC and Macintosh. One of my persistent frustrations has been the “creeping slowness” issue, especially on an extended shoot. For instance, on day one of my trip to Africa last year, my catalog had about 8000 images and was nice and speedy. …
Apr
02
Ever wonder why the word “laser” is in the term “Laser Printer”? Is it an actual laser, or is this just some gimmick to sell more printers? To find out, I painstakingly disassembled the guts of a 1990′s era Apple Laserwriter 16/600 printer. My approach: keep removing hunks of metal, motors and plastic until I …
Aug
04
Frustrated by the bizzare rules that seem to govorn your iPhone data use? Maybe you turned off push synchronization to save on battery life, but your left wondering if and when your data will sync. This article may help. I am planning a trip to Africa where data access is expensive, so I needed better …